Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been meeting with the Chinese vice premier to lay the groundwork for a Trump-Xi summit. AFP via Getty Images
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President Trump is the most US president to have set foot in China. Getty Images
“There’s a false narrative that if the meetings are delayed — it wouldn’t be delayed because the president has demanded that China police the Strait of Hormuz,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC Monday morning.
“If the meeting for some reason is rescheduled, it would be because the president wants to remain in DC to coordinate the war effort.”
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